Roswitha

Roswitha
Roswitha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Panarthropoda
Type of:	Arthropods
Subtype :	Tracheo-breathing
Overclass :	Six-legged
Grade:	Insects
Subclass :	Winged insects
Infraclass :	Winged insects
Treasure :	Fully Transformed Insects
Squadron :	Coleopterida
Squad:	Winged
Suborder :	Beetles
Infrastructure :	Elateriform
Superfamily :	Buprestoid
Family:	Goldfish
Subfamily :	Buprestinae
Tribe :	Thomassetiini
Gender:	Roswitha
International scientific name
	Roswitha Bellamy, 1997
Nomenclature type
	Roswitha endroedyi Bellamy, 1997

Roswitha (lat.) - the genus of gold-leaf beetles.

Content

Afrotropics : South Africa.

Goldilocks 9-14 mm in size black, roughly punctured. Eyes of medium size, not in contact with pronotum. ^[one]

There are 2 known species. The genus belongs to the tribe Thomassetiini Bellamy, 1987 ( Buprestinae ).

Genus Roswitha Bellamy, 1997 ^[2]
- Roswitha bilyi Bellamy, 1997 - South Africa ( East London, Eastern Cape Province ). The species is named after the Czech entomologist Dr Svatopluk Bily (National Museum, Prague).
- Roswitha endroedyi Bellamy, 1997 typus - South Africa ( Berlin Forest Reserve, Mpumalanga Province ). The species is named after the biologist Dr Sebastian Endrody-Younga (Transvaal Museum, South Africa). ^[one]

↑ ¹ ² Bellamy, 1997
↑ Genus ROSWITHA Bellamy 1997 (unopened) (unavailable link) . Date of treatment July 12, 2010. Archived January 8, 2009.

BELLAMY, CL, D'HOTMAN, D. & HOLM, E. 1987 . A review of the Afrotropical Buprestinae with description of a new tribe, genera and species (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jozrrnal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 50: 217–239.
BELLAMY CL 1997 . A new genus and two new species of the subtribe Thomassetiina (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from South Africa. African entomology. 1997, vol. 5, no1, pp. 29-33 (9 ref.)